Cigar-perforator



(No Model.)

0. LARSEN 8v H. BERSTED.

CIGAR PERFOBATOR.

No. 308,906. I Patented Dec. 9, 1884.

Fig- 2 g ff 5 5,6; \I- mp Y UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLE LARSEN AND HATEN BERSTED, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ClGAR-PERFORATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,906; dated December 9, 1884.

Application filed February 12, 1884.

. erence being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section; Fig 3, a side elevation of the plunger, with the perforator in section; Fig. 4,

an end view; Fig. 5, a cross-section through the perforator; Fig. 6,an enlarged detail show- (No model.)

taper, the outer ends of which arms engage with the interior surface of the cylinder A, as shown in Fig. 2. This perforator is formed with or suitably secured to a shank, c, which maybe flat, as shown, or of any other suitable form, and this shank or stem 0 is attached to a head or finger piece, (I, the periphery of which is fluted, so as to leave openings d between the shell or case and the thumb-piece, as shown in Fig. 4, which openings allow any particles which may be carried into the interior of the case by the perforator Z) to be discharged therefrom, keeping the case clear.

Around the stem or shank'c is located a ing the perforator in section,with the punchsim coiled spring, 0, one end of which is in conelevation.

The object of this invention is to construct a device by means of which cigars can be perforated for use and have a clear opening for drawing purposes located at the center, instead of numerous pin-holes or slits located around the end, as has heretofore been the practice; and its nature consists in providing an outer shell or case having one end formed to receive the end of the cigar, a plunger carrying at its operating end a hollow punch, a spring, and a thumb-piece, and a punch or clearer to coact with the perforator and re move the portion cut away by the perfo rator, all as hereinafter more specifically described, and pointed out in the claims as new.

In the drawings, A represents a tube or cylinder, made of sheet-brass or other suitable material, having one end left open, and having the other end partially closed to form a tapering hole or opening, a, for the reception of the cigar end, which hole or opening a at its apex has a central hole for the passage of the hollow perforator. The size of the tube A can be one that is suitable and convenient for carrying in the pocket of the user; or, if the device is to be used in a cigar-store, the tube may be made somewhat larger, if so desired, than the size to be carried by the user. The perforator b has an exterior of a tapering shape, with an interior opening, Z), the acting end beingbrought to a sharp or cutting edge, so as to readily enter the end of the cigar, and this perforator is located to center the opening in the apex of the hole a, and, as shown, it is maintained in its centering position by arms 6, located, as shown, at the base of the tacLwith either end of the head dand the otherincontactnwith a pin, f, which passes transversely through the. case, which spring acts to return the head after it has been de pressed or forced in, to cause the perforatorb to perform its work. The pin f passes through a slot, 0', in the shank or stem 0, which slot is of sufficient length for the projection of the perforator, and this pin also passes through an eye on a punch, g, the body or stem of which passes into the-opening b in the perforator b, as shown in Fig. 3, when theperforator is withdrawn, as shown in Fig. 2, by reason of the punch being held stationary by the pin f, while the perforator moves out and in through the opening in the tapering hole.

The operation is as follows: The end of the cigar to be perforated is placed in the tapering hole a,..with its point centering or ap proximately centering such hole. The cigar is held in this position, and the user of the device, through the head or thumb piece d, forces the perforator out by pressing on the end of the head, causing it to enter the end of the cigar and cut a circular opening therein.

The pressure on the head d is then released, when the spring 6 acts and forces the head back, withdrawing the perforator from the end of the cigar, together with that portion which is cut out and lies within the opening b, and this cut-out portion is ejected from the forator goes back, comes in contact with the cut-out portion of the cigar, forcing it out, thus keeping the perforator clear from the plugs or cut portions of the cigars. The cigars thus perforated have their ends left entire and perforator by the punch g, which, as the per- IOO ing, a, in combination with the hollow perforator I), stem or shank c, thumb-piece (1, spring 0, pin f, and punch g, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

OLE LARSEN. HATEN BERSTED.

\Vitnesses ALBERT H. ADAMS, O. W. Bonn. 

